Rona Simmons : Author

No Average Day
Author of historical fiction and WWII-era nonfiction
#America #WWII #Veterans

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For a limited time, my book on the deadliest day for Americans in World War II is on sale.
No Average Day: The 24 Hours of October 24, 1944.
Order your copy by email at ([email protected] or by phone [phone]
#umissouripress #worldwar2history #BooksToRead

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600 STORIES! Recently, we observed Four Chaplains Day. There are more heroic stories in WWII's Chaplain Corps. My 600th for Stories Behind the Stars: Capt. Frank Tiffany. He served in the Philippines and died on the Arisan Maru.
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My “to be read” stack is still brimming over. But I am hopeful for more time to devote to reading next year. One of my 2025 favorites (from my review — published in On Point, the Journal of Army History.
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What was your 2025 favorite?

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I’m calling this “Stumbled On Stories.” Those stories that you find when you are looking for something else, and BANG, there you are digging for more. This one although 80 years old is very timely with echoes in today’s news.
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Stayin Alive With Veterans Stories . Recently I reconnected with #buzzbernard a fellow author who also celebrates our veterans. And so, for #VeteransDay here is a bit of our conversation:
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Returning, once again … to Barnes & Noble on November 8, 2025 from 1 pm to 4 pm. Just in time to stock up with a book for one of those people on your list, or maybe just for you!
#bookstoread #AmericanHistory #heroes #militaryhistory

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FDR said Dec 7, 1941 was a day which would live in infamy, another day lives as sharply to me: Oct 24, 1944, the day more Americans died than on any other day in WWII. The 2,600 are honored in No Average Day: The 24 Hours of October 24, 1944.
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Still celebrating the wonderful effort by the The World War II Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition to celebrate our local veterans on the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
Thank you Intracoastal Living Magazine for covering our event.
#intracoastallivingmagazine
#veterans

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I rarely post political, religious, or other socially controversial messages—but this is different for different times.
#CharlieKirk

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Discovering my roots. How far back does your family in America go? How about with Francis Marion crossing the Pee Dee.
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#AmericanHistory #America250 #Genealogy

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A conversation with Doug Hess about the whats, whys, and whos of one particular day in WWII that became my book, No Average Day. Give it a listen, I am certain you will learn something and enjoy the podcast.
Thank you Doug and the Ernie Pyle WWII Museum.
#wwiihistory #WWII

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The media graciously covered our event for the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II. Loved the combination of Wilmington area students introducing each of the 11 veterans present.
Check it out:
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#veterans #VJDay #wwiihistory

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Congratulations to the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. One more reason to visit or visit again.
#WWII #B24 #wwiihistory

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One face of 2,511 fallen 81 years ago.
PVT Albert Cobb, Jr. (502nd PIR / 101st Airborne) landed behind the lines on Normandy, Wounded and aboard a hospital ship, he was killed when the Germans strafed the ship. More at https://t.co/SQy9tpxhLf
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It’s highly likely unless you do genealogical research you've never heard of https://t.co/0Gi9W89GEs.
Check out their Forever Promise Project connecting families with the Dutch adopters who, for 80 years, have watched over the graves of American fallen.
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Delighted to be in the company of these local authors of American Military History as we prepare to celebrate America’s sesquicentennial and the military conflicts the country had to survive to 250 years.
#wilmingtonnc #lowercapefear
#militaryhistory #America250 #LocalAuthors

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Some say you can’t go home again, but today at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force it was like coming home. We had a full house for sharing the story of October 24, 1944, emphasizing the fallen from the Army Air Forces, of course!
#WWII #history #authortalk

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In the mail this morning is the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force's January newsletter. Announcing the 83rd anniversary of the Eighth Air Force. What's more, at the bottom of the page, yep. February 26. I'll be there! Hope to see you.
#authortalk #WorldWarII #history

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The Things They Left Us
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Hoping everyone in the Triad had a great commute this morning. And, of course that your radio was tuned to WSJS for Jeffrey Griffin's Between the Pages segment.
We were talking No Average Day for a fast and fun ten minutes!
Thank you, Jeffrey!
#WorldWarII #bookstoread #veterans